Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has completed a six-floor vertical expansion on the Steven & Susan Lipstein BJC Institute of Health (BJCIH) building located in the center of the medical campus.
The $165 million addition includes 160,000-square-feet of state-of-the-art laboratory space and was designed by St. Louis-based Lawrence Group architects.
The expansion houses a 7,400-square-foot Biologic Therapy Core Facility (BTCF), which follows Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) regulations (enforced by the Food and Drug Administration) for manufacturing cellular therapies to treat cancer; 100,000 square feet of expanded laboratory space; and about 43,000 square feet of mechanical building-support areas.
With the bulk of the project completed in December 2024, the vertical expansion includes the addition of six stories to the BJCIH building’s existing north tower and a new elevator shaft at the northwest corner of the building.
